In making its presentation on the Convergence Bill on Tuesday, Saudi-held mobile firm Cell C noted that there is a conflict in the lack of separation of the roles of policy formulation versus policy implementation and proposed that such issues be dealt with by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa).
The International Aids Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) said on Tuesday it is teaming up with a major international pharmaceutical manufacturer to develop an HIV/Aids vaccine using new technology. Once pre-clinical evaluations are completed, GlaxoSmithKline and the IAVI intend to carry out clinical trials.
A retired public school teacher who was so frugal that he bought expired meat and secondhand clothing left ,1-million for his alma mater, Prairie View A&M — the school’s largest gift from a single donor. Whitlowe Green (88) died of cancer in 2002. He retired in 1983 from the Houston Independent School District, where he was making 000 a year as an economics teacher.
A strike by taxi drivers in KwaZulu-Natal entered its second day on Tuesday with more reports of intimidation and violence. Provincial transport MEC Bheki Cele said he had received reports from various officials that strikers had resumed their strategy of stoning buses and non-striking taxis.
Hoping to build upon the power of its internet leading search engine, Google is believed to be developing an online payment system that that would pose a stiff challenge to online auctioneer eBay’s industry-dominating PayPal service. Google declined to comment, but the company’s silence didn’t muffle the buzz about a service that would set up a showdown between two internet powerhouses.
The JSE Securities Exchange was in negative territory in noon trade on Tuesday, with lower metals prices putting resources stocks under pressure. The losses came despite a softer rand. By 11.58am, the all share index shed 0,24%. Resources retreated 0,45%, with the gold and platinum mining indices losing 1,31% and 1,16% respectively.
BBC bosses are facing a talent-juggling act to keep a trio of former champions from verbal volleying in the broadcast booth at the Wimbledon Championships.
The volatile Jimmy Connors, one of the original bad boys of the game three decades ago, will be on hand along with Wimbledon TV regulars John McEnroe and Boris Becker.
Japan’s quest to overturn a 19-year-old ban on commercial whaling started poorly on Monday when it lost two votes at the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC). The proposals were rejected, by 30 votes to 27 and 29 to 28, suggesting Japan does not yet have support of the majority of IWC members it needs to challenge the ban.
The bookish calm of a public library might not seem like the most obvious place to hunt for terrorists, but according to a report, the FBI and other United States law enforcement agencies involved in counter-terrorism have made more than 200 requests for information about borrowers from libraries since September 11.
Samsung Electronics, South Korea’s top high-tech company, said on Tuesday its new graphics memory chip can transmit data equivalent to half a million pages of news print per second. The company said it will begin commercial production of the world’s fastest memory chip around the end of this year.